Web 2.0 Expo Bits
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I have been in sunny San Francisco for the past couple of days attending the Web 2.0 Expo (first time in SF if you can believe it) and I thought I would take a quick minute to share a couple interesting thoughts that have come up in the last 48 hours.
1. Why do we think of mobile as separate from the web?
This came up in the Media 2.0 panel the other day and it’s a fantastic question. When you think of it our phones are and will become just another interface to the web. It’s simply a browser with a smaller screen. It seems so simple yet a lot of us think of mobile as a whole other world.
2. Microformats and Feeds
After attending a panel on microformats I started thinking about how microformats could be used in conjunction with feeds. Since feeds are, in and of themselves, a form of structured data adding microformats into the feed wouldn’t work (at least as far as I can tell). However, if you were to include microformats in a blog post for example we could perhaps create a flare that scans the content for the microformats (that would end up in the CDATA element) and when it finds them it can display a flare that users can act on. I am planning to play around with this idea a bit when I have a few minutes.
That’s all I have to share for now but I will definitely put up a quick post today if anything else gets my mind going.
Side note: You can check out my Web2.0 pics if you’d like. There are some really sweet ones from the Computer History Museum.
It’s interesting that we do find mobile users to be a totally separate industry when really it’s just another device. They can access the same way and have very similar Internet experiences. I’ve always had a personal opinion about the mobile community when it comes to planning projects, one question I always look into “will this benefit the mobile community?”
The mobile community is huge, when it comes to leaving the house, the next most important thing after grabbing your keys is your mobile phone. Mobile phones are also more popular then computers alone, so it’s worth looking at making a mobile alternative for your projects (no matter how big or small). Mobile phones are also replacing home lines, as plans are cheaper and easier to obtain – best of all, you have your mobile phone wherever you go.
Dallas Freeman
18 Apr 07 at 6:18 am
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18 Apr 07 at 6:20 am
Take a look at http://www.loudervoice.com as they are doing structured reviews for blogs.
Seems like a start in that direction u were talking about.
Lal
Brendan Lally
5 May 07 at 8:55 pm